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Mark Williams
A man of many parts, Mark James Williams aka M.C. Slave/ aka Uncle Mark aka Logg Cabin has touched on, and triumphed in, most areas of the media during a career that has spanned the best part of three decades.
Born in California and raised in Aotearoa, Mark first emerged in the public eye as the Slavish half of proto hip hop duo MC OJ & Rhythm Slave. With a slew of releases on the Southside label and pioneering shows up and down the country, they were never your typical rappers. Transitioning from youthful energy overload to a more considered, politicised approach, they developed into Joint Force in combination with long time compadre DLT. Ready and able to MC at a moments notice and never far from a mic, Slave found his eventual ideal musical home with Wellington troubadours Fat Freddy’s Drop, carving out a position as their much celebrated hype man/tour MC since 2006.
As well as providing the live lyrical fire and crowd incentivising for FFD, Mark has also warmed the stage up for them all over the world as a DJ / Selector. Most weekends you’ll find Slave raising the roof and stirring the dancefloor around Auckland or beyond, when he’s not doing that you would be well advised to check the radio for his loggarhythmic largesse. Mark holds down the weekly 2pm -4pm Sunday sweet spot as host of the Logg Cabin radio show on 95BFM. The Loggcabin has become a veritable institution. Building his chops in the 90s on 95bFM’s True School Hip Hop Show and later Drive, as well as contributing to the early momentum of Base FM, and George Fm. Most recently you could catch him hosting on Radio New Zealand. Mark has spread his audio amor far and wide on the airwaves.
Alongside countless TV and Radio commercials and campaigns, Mark is also the station voice of Flava Radio in Auckland, making him one of the country’s most recognisable and trusted voices. On the small screen with the MO Show, Mark and crew took New Zealand out to the world and returned with an award winning riot of interviews, sketches and thoroughly anarchic TV - the likes of which will probably never be seen again. As well as appearing on a multitude of TV shows and feature films, invariably cast as ‘the bad guy’, he has also made waves behind the camera, most notably directing Fat Freddy’s Drop's legendary Wandering Eye clip which won Best Music Video at the 2006 Vodafone NZ Music Awards.
Keeping all of the above bubbling while most importantly being a proud Dad, is serious 24/7 action. It’s a lot for one man, let alone one cast as a Slave and a Logg - yet somehow Mark keeps all those balls juggling and that fire keeps on burning.
RNZ Programmes
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On the Air - Mā runga iarere
An afternoon of music and interviews with a range of guests across the cultural spectrum that pops up during the holidays. Hosted by Kara Rickard and Mark Williams.
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Search results for Mark Williams
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Beats Talking: Dujon Cullingford
17 Jan 2025DJ and vinyl collector Dujon Cullingford joins Corey Fuimaono for Beats Talking. Audio
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Sam Teskey from the Teskey Brothers
17 Jan 2025Kara and Mark talk to Sam Teskey from Australian Teskey Brothers ahead of their shows in Aotearoa. Audio
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Music from the city of angels, Los Angeles, with Sarah Thomson
17 Jan 2025Mark and Kara are treated to a genre deep dive into the sound of Los Angeles with our special guest, Sarah Thomson. Audio
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Emerging London-based, Dunedin born artist Len Blake Live in Studio
17 Jan 2025She's a singer, a songwriter, a seamstress? She's multi talented, and usually she's based in London, however she's come back to Aotearoa for the summer, and Mark and Kara have her live in studio. Audio
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Gareth Thomas from Goodshirt
Goodshirt holds a special place in New Zealand's music history - a band that, in the early 2000s, carved out a quirky and unmistakable identity in the power pop landscape, and Gareth Thomas from… Audio
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Scott Towers, aka Chopper Reeds, on Deep Funk
16 Jan 2025Scott Towers, aka Chopper Reeds from Fat Freddy's Drop, is giving us the opportunity to dive into the world of deep funk for today's music genre special. Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 11 January 2025
11 Jan 2025It's another 2 hour summer special this week with Mark spinning classic blues from Slim Harpo, soul courtesy of Candi Staton, ska from the Bodysnatchers, an all time favourite from the Clash plus a… Audio
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'Never give up': Realising the dream of Sarjeant Gallery as a House of Inspiration
10 Nov 2024Culture 101 is in Whanganui for the opening weekend of Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery, speaking to innovators, and creative movers and shakers in this international UNESCO city of design.
The… Video, Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 2 November 2024
2 Nov 2024On this week's show there's reggae from the Heptones, classic soul courtesy of Al Green, blues from Elmore James and Big Joe Turner plus a classic Cole Porter tune covered by Ella Fitzgerald. Audio
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Your classical music Top 30 from Settling the Score 2024
28 Oct 2024Here are New Zealand's Top 30 favourite classical pieces - as voted in Settling the Score 2024 - and why people love them. Video, Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 26 October 2024
26 Oct 2024On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classic soul from Candi Staton and Bettye Swann, blues from Albert King plus Merry Clayton covering the Rolling Stones. Audio
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Oral Questionrs for 22 October 2024
22 Oct 2024Questions to Ministers Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and actions? CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Prime Minister: E tautoko ana ia i nga korero me… Audio
